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Supporting Collaborative

Research & Student Training

Nolan Beise, PhD

Business Development Specialist

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About Mitacs

National research network (non-profit)

16 years in operation

61 university partners

12,000+ projects to-date connecting universities to business innovation

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Foster innovation in Canada through national and international research collaborations

Connect universities with private sector opportunities for world class research across all disciplines

Train highly qualified personnel to advance industry innovation and research excellence

Our Mandate

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Mitacs by Numbers

Why Mitacs?

$1.8 Million

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SPONSOR PARTNER UNIVERSITY

Identify research challenges Industry-applicable research

Collaboration

• For-profit • Not-for-profit • Government • NGO

Masters, PhD, postdoc

• Any discipline

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Building research collaborations

Research funding from 4 months to 3 years

Masters 1 year, PhD and postdocs 3 years

Non-competitive: apply any time

3 to 6 weeks for evaluation

Peer reviewed

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4-6 months

4-6 months

4-6 months

$15,000

$5,000

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Funding cycle Mitacs Accelerate

4-6 months

4-6 months

4-6 months

$90,000

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For postdoctoral fellows

Two year $110,000 fellowship

Competitive applications

Research collaboration with private sector

Professional skills development

Open to any discipline

Creating R&D leaders

Next deadline Oct 23rd

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Connecting global industry with Canadian innovation

Build and support collaboration between MNE, Canadian SME and Canadian researchers

Enable supply chain development in Canada

Facilitate investment in Canadian R&D

Generate opportunities for Canadian talent

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International research collaborations for senior undergraduate and graduate students

Partner countries: Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Turkey, France, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Tunisia and Vietnam

Australia, Japan, and Korea are in negotiations

International Research Collaborations

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Two-way research mobility

• Research Internship 3 month research project

• Graduate Fellowship

$10000/yr for 3 years

• Research Award $5000 3-6 month project

• Partnership Award $15000 4-6 month project

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Professional Development Training

Taught by industry professionals

For graduate students and postdocs

Transferable skills increase employability

No charge to participants

Workshops include: leadership, management, communications, relationship building entrepreneurialism

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Our Funding Partners

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Contact Info

Nolan Beise

University of Victoria 3800 Finnerty Road Sedgewick A

email : nbeise@mitacs.ca mobile: 250-661-0761

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Outcomes

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96% of interns would recommend the program

Most interns feel more employable

– Acquisition of professional experience

– Expanded professional network

Outcomes: Academic Experience

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51% of interns working in industry

– 46% interns were hired by their partner company

– 67% working in R&D

19% of internships led to the creation of a new position

Outcomes: Employment

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91% Currently live in Canada

87% attribute their Mitacs participation with an increased satisfaction with their stay

93% would recommend Mitacs to students from their home country

Outcomes: Retention

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Project Examples

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Health Care

Dr. Stuart MacDonald

Dr. Debra Sheets

Developing a frailty index that uses data acquired over time to more efficiently and accurately predict potential cognitive and functional impairments.

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Education and Mental Health

Dr. Bonnie Leadbeater

“Community Catalyst” implementation framework that identifies programs champions in both the community and schools and supports them to act locally to enable high quality WITS program implementation and scale up.

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Dr. Kenneth Christie

Overall aim of the research is to increase the influence of citizens in governance activities in Vietnam through bilateral development assistance from Canada

David Josey – MA School of Humanitarian Studies

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Health Care Reform

exploring how complexity in health care delivery systems impact and influence leadership development outcomes

Dr. Silvia Vilches

Dr. Ronald Lindstrom

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Alternative Energy

Creating a scalable, flexible, light and low cost autonomous energy system

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Water Purification

Next Generation UV Disinfection

for Wastewater Treatment

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High Rise Construction

Constructing building to

withstand earthquakes

and optimize leasable

space

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Data Science

Victoria-based start-up technology to manage mobile experience. Founders are Mitacs Accelerate internship program alumni.

Accelerate

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Computer Graphics & Visual Effects:

Computational Fluids & Smoke

• Film credits: The Hobbit, Avatar, Harry Potter, Star Wars

• Microsoft Studio (Vancouver BC)

• Adapting algorithms for real-time games applications

Best Poster Award – SCA 2013

Dr. Robert Bridson, Visual Effects Research, Fluid Simulation

IMAGER Lab @ University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC

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Petrochemicals

Application of Spatial Statistics to Quantify Mixing and the Potential for Chemical Reaction

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MoleScope™ from research at SFU is designed to help track and monitor moles over time for skin cancer prevention.

Accelerate | Elevate

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Ezibreath Medical Technologies

Designing algorithms for analyzing COPD patient's sleep data for patient treatment. Data to be gathered by a novel wearable wrist actigraph with high accuracy.

Accelerate

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Research Internship for Summer 2016

Profs submit projects

Students submit applications

Profs and students matched

Internship logistics confirmed

Internships start

May - Jun

Jun - Sept

Sept - Jan

Jan - Apr

May - Sept 2016

June 18th is the last day to submit your projects!